John W. Welch

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John Woodland Welch
Born (1946-10-15) October 15, 1946 (age 77)
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Brigham Young University
Duke University School of Law
Academic work
DisciplineLaw and religion
InstitutionsBrigham Young University

John Woodland "Jack" Welch (born 1946) is a scholar of law and religion. Welch is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently teaches at the J. Reuben Clark Law School (JRCLS) at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, where he is the Robert K. Thomas University Professor of Law. He is notable for his contributions to LDS (Mormon) scholarship, including his discovery of the ancient literary form chiasmus in the Book of Mormon.

Biography

Welch was founding director of

Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History. While serving as a young missionary in Germany, Welch discovered many instances of the chiasmus literary form in the Book of Mormon. His finding, published in BYU Studies as "Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon" in 1969,[1]
and subsequent publications have shaped scholarly inquiry into the linguistic aspects and historical origin of the Book of Mormon.

Welch received

Robert K. Thomas
professor of law in the JRCLS.

In 1979, Welch founded FARMS while working as a lawyer in southern California. He was a member of the board of editors for the Encyclopedia of Mormonism.[3]

Welch was a co-author of Religion and Law: Biblical-Judaic and Islamic Perspectives (

)

He is a contributing scholar for the

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Howard W. Hunter Law Library – Faculty Bibliography Page". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
  2. ^ Two Ancient Roman Plates: Bronze Military Diplomas and Other Sealed Documents Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "Deseret Book: Books, DVDs, Music, Art & more for LDS Families - Deseret Book". Archived from the original on 2003-05-14.
  4. ^ BYU Law School Faculty Profile Archived 2007-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ John W. Welch Archived 2008-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Biography at the Joseph Smith Papers Project website (accessed May 11, 2012)
  7. ^ "Biography at byu.edu". Archived from the original on 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2016-11-06.

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